#Disasters and Security

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

As per usual, it’s DP crossover with (probably) DC, although you could probably adjust it for other fandoms

ANYWAYS

A little kid and his mother are trick or treating in another city, perhaps at some kind of event rather than knocking on doors, and the kid is dressed as Phantom. It’s very adorable, with his little ghost-shaped bucket and clearly homemade and already stained costume—listen, white only works if you can just fly over street grime or phase it out of your clothes—and his slightly I’ll fitting wig. The kid is SO happy to be out and about dressed as his favorite, and maybe even showed it off to Phantom back in Amity Park before his family left.

The hero, insert whoever you wish here, is probably in civvies and just enjoying the event. The kid, meanwhile, is so glad when people ask who he is so he can explain, and so- the hero gets to hear ALL ABOUT the local town hero who is probably pretty small time despite the kid’s clearly exaggerated stories. The hero certainly never heard of him, but the kid’s mom confirms that Phantom really was the town hero, despite some mixed reviews of the poor guy.

“Did you manage to show him your costume?” the hero asks.

“Yeah! We went down to the cemetery to leave flowers and I got to show him my costume.”

Wait. Cemetery? Maybe it was part of theme, because Phantom had to be named that for a reason, but… it sounded like…

The kid ignores the suddenly VERY still hero and instead turns to his mom. “Momma, do you think we should bring him candy? He doesn’t get to trick or treat like we do, and I can work super hard to get him a bunch!”

The kid’s mom just smiles. “We could, but maybe we should bring him something homemade. I bet he’d like something more filling, teen boys like him have a hollow leg.”

The kid wrinkles his nose. “Like Vernie with the pizza bagels?”

“Like your cousin, yes. We can make some cinnamon rolls and take them to his memorial, maybe bring some of the apples from your grandpa’s garden…”

The hero is pretty much forgotten as the two-part family wanders off, not quite intentionally forgetting the hero is there so much as the hero somewhat accidentally ended the conversation when they just froze and didn’t ask anything further.

Not that the hero didn’t want to. But they’d learn something very serious.

One—there was a small town hero they’d never heard of. Two—that hero was apparently a teen. Third—most pressingly, the teen hero was both beloved enough to have kids dressing up as him and dead enough to have a grave.

This… might require some phone calls.

[sourapplesauces]

Part 1

[multi-fandomdisaster]

The idea of Fazbear's Fright is lowkey so funny to me. And by that, I mean the implications of Springtrap being there is super hilarious when you think about it.

You're telling me that the people who run this (bootleg?) scare maze attraction just went out to a random Freddy's location, broke down a sealed wall, found this moldy rabbit suit sitting in a pool of blood with a literal corpse inside of it, and went "Yeah, this would go great in our scare maze!" without thinking twice?

What the heck am I saying? This is the FNaF universe. Of course they did. Everyone in this universe is seemingly incompetent to the point of hilarity. Doesn't make it any less funny though.

[trexalicious]

Per ICE sources, the man seen in a viral video being subdued by residents & arrested by police w/ a blowtorch near the Kenneth fire in West Hills is an illegal alien from Mexico named Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva... #OpenBorders

[disaster-reasonable-48]

Cassie and Roxy interaction idk

[disasterspinch]

My hot take on the new fnaf content

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Steven Beschloss at America, America:

Once again last week, Kristi Noem showcased that she will not be deterred by inconvenient things like justice and laws and human dignity. Homeland Security Secretary Noem—who wrote that she killed her own dog to prove she’s ready to do what’s “difficult, messy and ugly”—was on Capitol Hill Thursday to appear before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Noem is one of the central figures of Donald Trump’s hateful regime that’s seeking to demolish our constitutional democracy. Under her leadership (that includes her near-daily photo-ops), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is busy robbing citizens and non-citizens of their basic rights and illegally abusing the resources appropriated by Congress to keep them safe and secure. With Trump’s support, she and others are ignoring due process and violating the Constitution. I look forward to the day when a real Justice Department is holding them accountable for their criminality. For now, the fierce articulation and questioning of DHS’s failures and illegalities by Senators Chris Murphy and Patty Murray on Thursday—helping to keep us tethered to reality—are a reason to hope that we’ll get there.

But even though we can be encouraged by these Democratic senators’ pointed outrage, I’m also reminded that we have an obligation to confront a fascist regime that is determined to dismantle our democratic system, ignore a climate crisis that endangers us all, and disappear refugees without providing them their constitutional rights. It will take more than outraged elected officials; it will take about 12 million Americans (that’s 3.5 percent of the population, per Harvard researcher Erica Chenoweth’s study of effective protest) standing together and demanding a stop to the lawlessness and abuse. That necessity is proven by the continued incarceration of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador’s gulag and Noem’s evidence-free insistence that he is a terrorist and will never be released, even though the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Trump administration should “facilitate” his return. It’s also proven by Noem’s plan to end the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) endangering the lives of millions of Americans who struggle to cope before and after the devastating impact of extreme weather events; the shutting down of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in March, which included firing most of the 150-person staff and freezing some 600 civil rights abuse investigations; and the daily instances of masked ICE agents grabbing people off the streets or from their homes and pursuing their removal without due process. Allow me to share an extended and vivid statement by Sen. Murphy, ranking member of the Senate’s Homeland Security subcommittee, as he confronted Noem and her department’s flagrant violations and reckless spending. “Your department is out of control,” he began. “You are spending like you don’t have a budget. You are on the verge of running out of money for the fiscal year. You are illegally refusing to spend funds that have been authorized by this Congress and appropriated by this committee.”

[...] Reflect for a moment on what that portends. The leader of one of the nation’s largest and most powerful departments, who was confirmed for the position by 59 senators including some Democrats, believes it’s in her power to defy the Supreme Court, ignore the Constitution and determine without legal evidence that she knows better what should be done with someone that she and her boss claim is a danger. Today we are talking about undocumented refugees, but how soon will we be talking about a growing number of American citizens who this fascist regime chooses to disappear? We can expect to see more and more of these detentions and removals every day because this regime believes it’s their privilege to pursue this lawless path. The heinous threat by Trump advisor Stephen Miller Friday that they’ll suspend habeas corpus—the right enshrined in the Constitution to legally challenge detention by the government—is all you need to know about their depraved intent. The false reason they’d employ? “The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Miller told reporters. But let me leave you with Sen. Murray’s confrontation with Noem over their freezing or cancelling over $100 billion in FEMA disaster relief and grants approved by Congress—an unconscionable campaign that will increase human suffering and death. Tragically, the predictable impacts will be felt in the coming months as Americans face hurricane season, rising waters and devastating results from climate-induced disasters.

Happy to see Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Patty Murray (D-WA) begin to confront the lawless DHS head Kristi Noem.

[spearxwind]

AUGH @ people sending asks to talk abt HR the problem is I dont know WHAT to talk about since ive already gone off about the broad strokes ad nauseum i would have to talk about characters and themes and random very specific worldbuilding details like did you know the underground supermaze that gives hollowridge its name is actually inhabited by all kinds of creatures and machines that were engineered to keep it safe and have evolved out of control in the new situation and now act more like the immune system of a massive beast? (There are regular animals too but the labs and factories are protected by specific machines)

Since they are descended from security systems they will attack anything and everything foreign that enters UNLESS they can be confirmed as "employees" meaning if you have some sort of old world identification (like an ID card) you MIGHT stand a chance at getting in unscathed. The other problem is that these IDs also come with DNA and face recognition so unless the system is very primitive or very damaged only descendants of old registered employees can """"safely"""" enter.

[terrietont]

When the nights get particularly long

[nicomrade]

ok death game corps headquarters lets discuss.

heres the pitch

and how many players should they kill or dismember? open conversation no judgement here

[insightfultrends]

Rediscovering America's Food Heritage: A Look at "The Lost SuperFoods"

Rediscovering America’s Food Heritage: A Look at “The Lost SuperFoods” In a nation obsessed with the latest diet fads and quick-fix solutions, “The Lost SuperFoods” offers a refreshing return to our roots. Authors Art Rude and Claude Davis explore a fascinating world of forgotten foods, those nutritional powerhouses that sustained our ancestors and hold valuable lessons for modern Americans. This…

[whentherewerebicycles]

everything is still so good!!! heartbeat is super fast and strong and is now firmly in the upper band of healthy/normal. behold the little seahorse (now less seahorse-y because its tail is almost gone) floating around in there attached to its little yolk sac inner tube!!

[backpackingspace]

Okay but it must have been a political disaster for xie lian to have ascended. Like he was the only heir wasn't he? Only child that he was. Who inherited next? Was it qi rong? Can you imagine

[mistress-light]

Never thought I'd rather take exams (40 questions each), than having to observe 2 short movies and blindly take notes of what happened and answer 10 questions per movie.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Olivia Troye at Living It:

I’ve worked firsthand with FEMA during some of the most devastating natural disasters to hit our country. I’ve sat in Homeland Security briefings when lives were on the line, when every hour mattered, and when we relied on every ounce of preparation and foresight the federal government could offer. What’s happening now, the systematic erosion of our nation’s disaster preparedness infrastructure, is not just bureaucratic negligence. It’s a slow-moving domestic threat with real-world consequences. The federal government's capacity to respond to disasters has always been a lifeline for millions of Americans, especially those in vulnerable, underserved, and often forgotten communities. But in Donald Trump's second term, FEMA is being gutted, NOAA is being hollowed out, and hurricane season will soon be barreling toward us. The warning signs couldn't be more obvious or more alarming. On May 1, NPR reported that the Trump administration quietly canceled billions of dollars in FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, funds specifically designed to help communities better prepare for disasters BEFORE they happen. These grants were already allocated. Local governments had invested time, planning, and hope into projects that would make their communities safer, from wildfire buffers to stormwater upgrades and hurricane shelters. Now, those communities are left empty-handed, many of them in rural and red-leaning regions that overwhelmingly voted for Trump, trusting he would protect them. And it's not just about what's been cut. FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, the pot of money that helps communities recover after disaster strikes, was already running at a dangerously low level during the last hurricane season. Then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that FEMA could be tapped out before the worst of the storms even arrived. That warning came in late summer of 2024, and it turned out to be true, FEMA barely had enough resources to respond to overlapping disasters. Now, Mayorkas is gone. Kristi Noem is in charge. And we're in an even tougher spot. With funding gutted, grants canceled, and the agency increasingly sidelined under Project 2025 (see page 153), FEMA is no longer the robust federal backstop it once was. The next major storm or wildfire could hit while the federal government stands empty-handed and unapologetic. As someone who's been in the room when disasters unfold, I can tell you that response is already stretched to its limits on a good day. We rely on prepositioned resources, expert logistics teams, and highly trained emergency responders. Every dollar lost and every program canceled slows the response. That lag can be the difference between survival and tragedy.

I know what that looks like on the ground. During my time in government, I strongly encouraged the people who worked for me to deploy with FEMA whenever they had the chance. I spent several months in Louisiana working on the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort in 2005, and it remains one of the most rewarding and heartbreaking experiences of my career. There's nothing like standing in the aftermath of a disaster, working side by side with communities struggling to rebuild. It gives you perspective. It reminds you that this work is about more than policy; it's about people. It's about showing up and helping your fellow Americans when they need it most. At the same time, FEMA is being defunded and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—the agency that tracks hurricanes, issues weather forecasts, and provides early warnings—is being gutted from within. A May 2 report in The New York Times outlined massive staffing cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS) just as the 2025 hurricane season is about to begin on June 1. More than 880 employees have already been laid off, and resignations and buyouts are rising. Offices in key regions like Houston are operating without permanent leadership. The Lake Charles, Louisiana office, critical for hurricane response in the Gulf, is reducing public service hours due to a lack of personnel. Accurate, timely forecasting is the difference between a safe evacuation and a death toll. It's how local leaders decide when to sound the alarm. It's how families know when to leave their homes. These aren't just scientists and meteorologists; they are the frontlines of early warning. Undermining NOAA isn't just reckless. It's sabotage. Even the elite "Hurricane Hunters," pilots and crew who fly directly into storms to gather life-saving data, are under-resourced. Without them, forecasting becomes more uncertain, and so does the public's safety.

Dismantling FEMA and NOAA by Design

What's unfolding now isn't just neglect; it's intentional. Project 2025 proposes radical structural changes to both FEMA and NOAA, changes that the Trump administration is now beginning to implement in real-time. These plans reflect a sweeping ideological shift from federal disaster response and climate science leadership toward privatization, decentralization, and eliminating what Project 2025's authors call "alarmism" or "overreach." Project 2025’s vision for FEMA is clear: scale it back until it's barely functional. Under this blueprint:

Only “large-scale” disasters would qualify for federal support. Most emergencies, especially those in rural areas, would fall entirely on state and local governments.

Preparedness grants, including over $56 billion in funding that has historically supported everything from cybersecurity to local emergency planning and law enforcement coordination, would be eliminated.

Flood insurance would be privatized, increasing costs for homeowners and putting entire coastal communities at risk.

Key leadership roles would be stripped, weakening FEMA’s coordination authority in a crisis.

In practical terms? Communities would be left on their own in the face of wildfires, floods, and hurricanes unless their suffering meets new, arbitrary federal "thresholds." That isn't policy. That's cruelty.

Climate Science Under Siege

Project 2025 treats NOAA not as a scientific institution, but as a political target. Their goal is to break it up and silence it.

NOAA’s core offices, including the National Weather Service, would be dismantled or transferred out of federal hands.

Public forecasts would end, replaced by data sales to private companies. Imagine relying on a weather subscription app during a hurricane.

Climate research funding would disappear, cutting off vital university partnerships and long-range risk modeling.

Worst of all, scientists would be ordered to present "neutral" data, which is code for minimizing or censoring the real risks of climate change. This is part of the broader strategy of denial that I've written about in more detail here.

This would cripple our ability to track storms, forecast extreme weather, and prepare communities. It's not just dangerous; it's governance by denial and design.

Even Trump’s Allies Are Left Behind

Perhaps the most telling and damning example of this administration's disregard for disaster-stricken Americans is what just happened in Arkansas. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of Trump's most loyal allies, recently pleaded for federal assistance after tornadoes killed dozens and destroyed entire communities in her state. Despite the devastation and despite her unwavering political support, Trump said no. The aid was denied. Sanders had to appeal publicly just to get her administration to acknowledge her people's suffering.

The Trump Regime’s Project 2025-inspired cuts to disaster relief funding undermine common sense.

[avon7ade]

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